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2008 Revenue Collections

The Revenue Division has prepared its
report of actual revenue collections for 2008. Revenues collected by them include sales
and use taxes (excluding vehicle and auto rental taxes), public utility taxes,
occupational license taxes, insurance premium taxes, hotel-motel taxes, gaming admission
fees, and interest and penalties on these taxes. Total 2008 revenue
collections amounted to $474,889,149.

By far, the largest revenue sources collected by the
Revenue Division are sales and use taxes, which amounted to $420,676,460 in 2008. This amount does not
include sales and use taxes on vehicles and auto rental taxes which are collected by the
State of Louisiana, but does include amounts escrowed for enterprise zone rebates.
The Revenue Division is the centralized collector of sales and use taxes for all
local jurisdictions located in East Baton Rouge Parish. The division collects sales and
use taxes for the City-Parish General Fund, Parish Sewer Improvements Fund, Parish Street
Improvements Fund, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, East Baton Rouge Parish School
Board Educational Facilities Improvement District, Baker School District, the City of Baker, the City of
Zachary, Zachary School District, the City of Central, and the Central
Community School District.

The costs associated with sales and use tax collections are shared by
local taxing entities. Actual collection costs for 2008 were $4,304,763, or
1.02% of total
sales and use tax collections. These costs are prorated to each entity based on the
percentage of collections. The 2008 sales and use tax collections and collection costs for
each jurisdiction were as follows:

Jurisdiction

Actual
2008Collections

Percent of TotalCollections

Actual
CollectionCosts

City-Parish

$161,814,201

38.46%

$1,655,611

EBRP School Board

79,649,440

18.93%

814,892

EBRP School Board EFID

70,901,700

16.85%

725,352

EBRP Sewer Fund

38,734,147

9.21%

396,469

Street Improvement:

City-Parish

36,137,298

8.59%

369,779

City of Baker

823,731

0.20%

8,610

City of Zachary

1,083,054

0.26%

11,192

City of Central

685,154

0.16%

6,888

City of Baker

4,949,446

1.18%

50,796

Baker School District

3,894,568

0.93%

40,034

City of Zachary

5,770,048

1.37%

58,975

Zachary School District

7,655,610

1.82%

78,347

City of Central

4,213,830

1.00%

43,048

Central EBR School Board

4,364,233

1.04%

44,770

TOTAL

$420,676,460

100.00%

$4,304,763

Another revenue source collected by the Revenue Division
is the hotel-motel occupancy tax. This tax is collected and distributed to the Baton Rouge
Area Convention and Visitors Commission and the Riverside Centroplex Capital Improvement
Fund. Hotel-motel tax revenues for 2008 were $5,491,959. The actual collection cost
charged to the Commission is $6,000 annually.

The Revenue Division also collects revenue on behalf of a
tax incremental financing district. Total collections for 2008 were
$1,267,700. The actual collection cost charged to the district is
$6,000 annually.

Other revenues, including related interest and penalties, collected by the Revenue Division in 2008 are itemized
as follows:

Public Utility Taxes

$28,066,091

Occupational License Taxes

10,160,473

Insurance Premium Taxes

3,486,526

Gaming Admissions Fees

5,739,940

Total Other Revenues

$47,453,030

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